A Russian satellite crash landed in a field south west of Moscow earlier this month while carrying some unusual cargo: about 1,500 flies, 75 mice, seeds, a bunch of microbes, and various cell tissues.

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Life expectancy in Russia has decreased by almost seven months, and it is because of war and strong alcohol, a Russian demographer has said. Alexey Raksha, who specializes in fertility and mortality ...